Preparations for the the 3rd annual Kieron Go Bragh (2009) have begun and it looks like the race has found a new home - Frisco! Frisco is home to not only my family and Christine's, but also the new home my mom and brother Damon.

It's mid-August as I write, no doubt Kieron's favorite time of year as it's the dawning of another football season...his faves were Notre Dame (excpet when he attended SMU in early 80's) and the Cowboys. Don't know that he would like the upcoming inaugural kick-off at Dallas' new state-of- the-art facility...Kieron liked old school. Part of our bond was sealed watching the Cowboys play at Irving's Texas Stadium. Sounds like typical armchair quarterback talk, but we were passionate fans....young, having fun, and not knowing days like those, spent together cheering fervishly for our Cowboys, were numbered.

Picks has completely riddled Kieron's mind these days. Noone knows for sure even when the disease set in...but it's obvious to me and the few that see Kieron frequently that he's at the latter stages. He's but a shell of the vibrant, uniquely colorful and insightful person we all grew up with and admired.

But I've written enough about the tragic facet of it all, the unfairness...life's cards are mysterious and often as unfair as Goliath, but the backbone of the foundation and the 5k is built upon fighting for a cure and I want for this space to focus on raising awareness about the disease.

Kieron's family, this race, has as its focus to grow numbers and in turn dollars fighting against this cognitive brain disease known as Pick's. And so our efforts are concentrated on making the 3rd Kieron Go Bragh Foundation again bigger than the last.

Good night bro...i used to not think it a good idea but I will make sure that you are present at this year's race. And I look forward to seeing you at the finish line.